A Wierd Contemporary Fake/Counterfeit From China 1920

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gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3841 Posts	Posted 09/24/2013 9:16 pm Normally I detest counterfeits with passion but this one stumped me with good reason. This coin is supposedly from Guangdong Province dated 1920. An original coin would look like this and weighs around 5.3 grams. This is the supposedly contemporary counterfeit Could have passed on as a terribly oxidized silver that's banged up. Details look surprising good with reeded edge and I think this is either struck or cast in lead zinc alloy. You can write with this coin, i.e. if you rub the coin on a paper, you can write on it although it's not clear. Not too sure if this metal is right as it weights at a mere 4.41 grams. Maybe you can help me work out what the possible alloy is? You normally see a lot of Chinese counterfeits that's struck in cheap iron / nickel alloy and they normally target crown size coins. I guess this is a counterfeit that was produced in the early days. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff

fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 10/03/2013 10:31 am Not knowing the coin, if it wasnt for the sloppy periphery, I think I may be taken. I've got a few of those writing utensils from the Phillipines. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21789 Posts	Posted 10/03/2013 10:54 am I am suspecting contemporary counterfeit, not a fake to fool the collector. Genuine coins of this type were very common. Report this Post to the Staff
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A Wierd Contemporary Counterfeit From China 1920